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Report No. 19
Chairman and Members of the
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii
The following are the recommendations of the Committee on Agriculture
and Tourism which were considered at its meeting of October 12 , 1977 :
COMMUNICATIONS
'No. 359.4: ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR' S REPORT ON HIVID
From Council Member James L. K. Dahlberg dated
September 27, 1977, transmitting for information, HIVIA ' s
Administrative Coordinator ' s Report for the months of
August and. September, 1977.
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No. 394. 1 : ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HIVIA
From Brian J. Barbata, Vice President, Peck, Sims , Mueller,
Inc. dated September 22 , 1977, summarizing the strategy and
results thus far of the advertising and promotional
campaign they are conducting for HIVIA. Hopes the informa-
tion will help in the upcoming organizational decision with
which the Big Island visitor industry and. government is
faced. •
394. 2 : From Brian J. Barbata , Vice President , Peck, Sims , Mueller,
Inc. , dated October 3 , 1977, notifying that the HIVIA
advertsing campaign has been awarded seven awards in the
1977 Ad Infinitum competition, selected by a panel of ton
advertising people in Los Angeles and San Francisco to he
representative of the best work done in the categories of :
Direct Mail ; Photography and Trade Advertising. The
campaign will be displayed at a show in Honolulu in late
October, at which time the "Pele Awards" for best in
category will he announced.
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ADOPTED: October 19 , 1977
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/No. 530. 1 : SUGAR INDUSTRY
From U. S. Representative Daniel K. Akaka dated August 24 ,
1977, acknowledging receipt of letter dated August 16, 1977 ,
which referred to their successful efforts in obtaining the
legislation needed. to avoid a sugar crisis. Because of the
necessity to ensure the continuation of this significant and
vital economic force in Hawaii , he is in the process of
studying various uses of sugarcane and its byproducts.
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i .L., C - No. 535. 1 : AMENDMENT TO BUILDING CODE - AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS
From Lesley Hill Higgins , Secretary, Big Island Association
of Nurserymen, responding to request for feedback concerning
the establishment of an agricultural building code in the
County of Hawaii . Informs their members feel there is a
need for revision of building code requirements relating to
agricultural structures , and cites an example of setback
requirements.
Refer to the Planning Director and Chief
Engineer to consider reduction of 100-
foot setback requirements. (Chapter 8,
Article 7 , Section 3-N)
/No. 539. 1 : BANNING OF ETHYLENE-BIS-DITHIOCARBAMATA (EBDC ) FROM
COMMERCIAL FARM USE
From Jessica K. Kirk, Administrative Tssistant to U. S.
Representative Cecil Heftel dated September 3° , 1977,
acknowledging receipt of letter regarding EPA' s considera-
tion to ban ethylene-bis-dithiocar.hamata (EBDC ) .
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JP.Iv + L. K. DAHLBERG , CHAIRMAN
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ilalln le).TOMIO FUJI I , VICE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S- KA�7A. ARA, MEMBER
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OSEP R. GARCIA, JR. , . BER MUNE() SAMESHIMA, MEMBER